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RSS pay phonesOrange unveils iPhone tariffs and launch date
News Retail outlets that will stock the device include all 402 UK Orange shops, along with the operator's website and HMV concessions, plus mobile retailers Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U. Orange has also unveiled its... [02 Nov 2009]
Nokia Money: Financial services the target for world's biggest mobile maker
News Nokia's not the only one eyeing mobile financial services for the unbanked - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the former Microsoft CEO's charitable organisation, recently donated $12.5m to a scheme to help the world's poor to get... [26 Aug 2009]
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News Commuters all across England could soon be using mobile phones, bank cards and Oyster-style smart ticketing on their journey home via public transport. Among the NFC options being examined by the government are NFC bank... [20 Aug 2009]
PayPal makeover sparks developer charm offensive
News Finally, the interface takes PayPal beyond the browser, opening it up for use on mobile phones, set-top boxes, and other increasingly smart devices. People use PayPal today through a web interface, but a new API will... [24 Jul 2009]
Is Apple's iPhone App Store too far ahead for others to catch up?
News On Tuesday, the South Korean device maker announced it has launched its own application storefront for its phones. Virtual stores have always existed for phones. While Apple has made it easy to download... [15 Jul 2009]
BBC's iPlayer is mobile's most wanted
News The results underline how mobile internet consumption is being driven by 'free stuff' with just a few consumers prepared to pay for content on their phones, according to CCS Insight. The BBC's iPlayer,... [13 Jul 2009]
Mobile operators blamed for iPhone-less years
News Years of sub-$200 phones put constraints on processing power, limiting what the devices were capable of, according to Eriksson. They broke that one and found that there was a market there also for $500... [24 Jun 2009]
Photos: India's mega outsourcing training centre
Photo Men and women are segregated in different blocks, weeknight curfew at the gates is 9.30pm, mobile phones are banned in classrooms and alcohol is a no-no on campus at all times. However, the pool has seen less use of... [23 Jun 2009]
The next big iPhone thing: Apps that pay
News Apple was not the first company to offer downloadable applications for mobile phones. Apple announced the new feature at the iPhone OS 3.0 preview event in March. At the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco... [08 Jun 2009]
Did Palm Pre's big day live up to the hype?
News According to a Sprint spokesman, most new phones offered through the carrier have the mail-in rebate offer. These new phones, along with new enhancements to the iPhone OS, will likely make it even more... [08 Jun 2009]
Developers get touch-y ahead of Windows 7
News Engelhardt said that multitouch has the opportunity to do the same thing for Windows PCs that the iPhone did for mobile phones: that is, take a task that everyone was already doing and make it fun. Getting compelling... [04 Jun 2009]
Inbox: Brits ditching mobiles? Fat chance
Comment Utter rubbish"A quarter of Brits to ditch their mobile phones? Secondly who will pay for this? If the energy provider pays then it will be added to the bill at some point and we will pay... [18 May 2009]
Nokia gets out its wallet for mobile payments
News On Wednesday the company announced it has bought a minority stake in Obopay, a mobile payment company that allows people to pay for things using their mobile phones. The company has used near field... [25 Mar 2009]
SIM-free iPhones now available in the UK
News The phones themselves originate from within the EU, "due to EU legislation ensuring the sale of SIM-free mobile phones", and should work the same way as phones bought from O2, except... [25 Mar 2009]
Frost & Sullivan: Assessing the ROI of Palm Treo Smartphones
White Paper Travel lightly, without laptops, PDAs, or 12-key cell phones Download the paper to examine Frost & Sullivan's ROI model for Palm Treo smartphones and to learn why the devices pay for themselves in less... [18 Mar 2009]
